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Hunter Valley · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1913

1,777 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 70 of 89

Greta Police Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 4

Several cases under the Licensing Act were heard by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., at the Greta Police Court yesterday. Patrick James Tierney, licensee of the Sportsman's…

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Another Burglary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 5

Thieves entered the residence of Mr. Thomas Field at Randwick, and secured about £ 20 worth of valuables…

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Woman Charged with Murder. Husband Dies from Burns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 3

Rose Sullivan was charged at the Central Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, with feloniously slaying her husband, Michael Sullivan. Police evidence was to the…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, October 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 2

The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. MUNICIPAL CASES…

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Wharparilla Murder

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 3

The Victorian police have been untiring in their efforts to prove the truth or otherwise of the repeated assertions made by the boy Freeman, charged with…

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COCK-FIGHTING. Raid by the Police

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 2

At Campbell's Hill, Canterbury, amid the bush scrub, on Monday, the police discovered about 200 men engaged in watching a cockfighting exhibition. On…

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Jews in Russia. "Ritual Murder" Trial. St. Petersburg, Oct. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 5

The trial is to commence at Kieff' to-day in connection with the murder of the boy Andrew Yusehinsky, who is alleged to have been murdered by a Jew named Mendel…

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Armed Women Police. New Force in Philadelphia

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 5

On Monday, for the first time in the history of Philadelphia, women police made their appearance (says the "Daily Chronicle"). There are only two at…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 6

There was only one case for the consideration of the Police Magistrate at the sitting of the Police Court on Thursday, a defendant being charged…

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Police Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 8

There was only one case for the consideration of the Police Magistrate at the sitting of the Police Court on Thursday, a defendant being charged…

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Train Wrecker Sentenced

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 5

At the Glen Innes Quarter Sessions on Friday, Selevana Goneila, an Italian as charged that he did at Bolivia Hill, on September 9, 1913,…

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Sentenced to Death. Crime on Newcastle Beach

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 9

At the Newcastle Circuit Court, Archibald Brown, middle-aged, a seaman, was sentenced to Death by Mr. Justice Sly for Committing a serious offence at Newcastle on…

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Amazing Burglary Tale. Conspiracy to Defraud Company. Terrier's Violent End

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 3

There was a startling development at Marylebone to a prosecution for burglary at the same court earlier (says a London paper of August 12). On the Monday,…

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Licensing Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus, Singleton Argus

A the quarterly sitting of the Licensing Court on Tuesday last, before Messrs E. Bowman, J. C. White and C. H. Cox, L.M's, an application…

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Jews in Russia. "Ritual Murder" Trial

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 7

(By Cable.) St. Petersburg, Wednesday.—The trial is to commence at Kieff to-day in connection with the murder of the boy…

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Local News. District Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 8

A sitting of the District Court and Quarter Sessions will be held in Singleton, on Wednesday and Thursday, October 29 and 30, the sittings of the District…

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Local News. District Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 6

A sitting of the District Court and Quarter Sessions will be hold in Singleton on Wednesday and Thursday, October 20 and 30, the sittings of the District…

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Jews in Russia. "Ritual Murder" Trial. (By Cable.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 9

St. Petersburg, Wednesday.—The trial is to commence at Kieff to-day, in connection with the murder of the boy Andrew Yuschinsky, who is alleged to have…

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